Meggan Craft
Professor
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
The Craft lab is interested in the following question: How do animal contact structure and movement affect the spread of infectious disease? Our research is inherently interdisciplinary as we often work at the intersection of environmental, human, and animal health.
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Research statement
I am an infectious disease ecologist; the broad aim of my research program is to understand infectious disease dynamics in animal and human populations. I test hypotheses regarding disease spread and consequent control through parameterizing theoretical disease models with empirical data. I am interested in two fundamental areas: (i) How are pathogens maintained in multi-host ecosystems? (ii) How does heterogeneity in population contact structure affect pathogen dynamics? My research is inherently interdisciplinary as I work at the intersection of environmental, human, and animal health.